Hair spray shield



y ,1967 S.A.ZARZO UR 3,317,921

HAIR SPRAY SHIELD Filed June 11, 1964 v I [NVENTOR I Suzy A. ZARZOURATTORNEY United States Patent 3,317,921 HAIR SPRAY SHIELD Suzy A.Zarzour, 1780 Decarie Blvd, Apt. 3, St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada FiledJune 11, 1964, Ser. No. 374,347 Claims priority, application Canada,Oct. 29, 1963, 887,905 4 Claims. (Cl. 29)

, This invention relates to a face shield for use in beauty parlors andat home to protect the face when the hair is being sprayed.

When the hair is sprayed with the type of spray used in beauty parlorsand in the home, the spray gets all over the face and into the eyes andnose, and is most disagreeable. The present invention aims to provide asimple spray shield which can be easily used by the individual toprotect the face while her hair is being sprayed. A further aim of theinvention is to provide a shield of this nature which is transparent, sothat the individual can see what is going on While her hair is beingsprayed.

Briefly, a face shield according to the invention is fashioned from asingle blank of flexible and desirably transparent material, forinstance a plastic, preferably of fan shape when flat, with an edge ofchanging curvature which defines an oval with a beak projecting from oneside of it. The blank, because of the flexibility of the material, iscapable of being bowed into a cone shape which has an upper outwardlyflared part including a margin shaped to bear against the forehead andtemples, and a lower tapered part adapted to serve as a handle. Marginsof the blank are brought into proximity and preferably connected, forexample by providing them with at least one eye receiving a lace to drawand hold them together.

Having thus generally described the nature of the invention it will nowbe referred to in more detail by reference to the accompanying drawingswhich illustrate a preferred embodiment and in which FIGURE 1 is a frontview showing the shield in place during the spraying of the hair.

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the shield as bowed into cone or funnelshape for use.

FIGURE 3 is a front elevation of the shield bowed for use.

FIGURE 4 is a side elevation in the use position.

FIGURE 5 is a cross-section along the line 55 of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 6 shows the shield laid out in the flat.

Referring more particularly to FIGURE 6 of the drawings, the preferredshield of the invention is made up of a flat substantially fan shapedblank A of material. While this blank is preferably of one piece asshown, for the purposes of description it can be envisaged as made up ofa blunt oval part having extended from one side an integral beak 17. Forpurposes of description the respective areas 15 and 17 have been showndivided by :an imaginary chain line.

The material of this blank is desirably stiff but flexible so that itcan be bowed into substantially the cone shape shown in FIGURES 1 to 5by manipulating the beak 17 region so that the head margin 16 has acontour which fits against the forehead and temples as shown. It is alsopreferably transparent so that the person can see what is going on Whileher hair is being sprayed but her eyes, nose and face are completelyprotected from the spray.

In the preferred form the respective foot margins 18,

of the blank towards the beak 17 are each brought together as shown inFIGURE 3 when the blank is bowed into cone shape. Each of these margins18, 20 is provided with at least one eye 19 and preferably two as shown.A lace 21 can be passed through these eyes so 3,317,921 Patented May 9,1967 Plastic sheet material of a type which is fairly stiff,- that isnot pliable locally but flexible so that it can be 1 bowed, should beused to make the body A of the shield. Plastic material, for example,cellulose acetate or vinyl resin of the transparent type is mostsuitable. To achieve the desired stiffness to provide a self-supportingdevice and at the same time to give sufiicient flexibility for bowing, apreferred range of thickness of the plastic material runs from aboutseven and one-half thousandths to about twenty-five thousandths of aninch, with the thinner material preferred.

The shape shown in FIGURE 6 is the preferred shape for the blank.However, this may be varied, for example the beak 17 omitted withoutdeparting from the broader principles of the invention. In fact, just aslong as the head margin 16 is shaped so that when the body A is bowed,the head margin 16 will conform to the upper part of the visagesubstantially as shown so as to prevent spray from reaching the face andthe foot margins 18, 20 approach to form an apex which can be grasped,the specific shape can vary. However, the shape shown in FIG- URE 6 ispreferred because of the ease with which the body A can be bowed bymanipulating it at and near the beak 17 to provide a somewhat elongatedlower portion in the cone which serves as a convenient handle.

A suitable dimension for the body A shown is about twelve and a halfinches across at the widest point and about twelve inches from themiddle of the head margin to the beak.

In its simplest form, the shield can be made very cheaply and provides,for example, a desirable advertising medium. For example a beautyspecialty house could give away the shield, marked with its advertising,so as to place its product before the public in a striking manner.

I claim:

1. A face shield, comprising, a body of ovoid outline of transparentstiff but flexible sheet material bowed into a cone so as to have acurved margin at one end adapted to fit against the forehead and templesand a tapered part at the other end adapted to serve as a handle, themargins of the body at the tapered part being brought into proximity,and means retaining them in that position to retain the body in coneshape.

2. A face shield, as defined in claim 1, which is made of transparentplastic material.

3. A face shield, as defined in claim 2, in which the plastic materialhas a thickness between about seven and one-half thousandths andtwenty-five thousandths of an inch.

4. A face shield, as defined in claim 1, in which the means retainingthe body in cone shape comprise at least a pair of eyelets in the marginof the tapered part and a lace threaded through said eyelets.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,283,357

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

I. R. BOLER, Assistant Examiner.

1. A FACE SHIELD, COMPRISING, A BODY OF OVOID OUTLINE OF TRANSPARENTSTIFF BUT FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL BOWED INTO A CONE SO AS TO HAVE ACURVED MARGIN AT ONE END ADAPTED TO FIT AGAINST THE FOREHEAD AND TEMPLESAND A TAPERED PART AT THE OTHER END ADAPTED TO SERVE AS A HANDLE, THEMARGINS OF THE BODY AT THE TAPERED PART BEING BROUGHT INTO PROXIMITY,AND MEANS RETAINING THEM IN THAT POSITION TO RETAIN THE BODY IN CONESHAPE.